Hi all:
I'm getting into woodworking and starting to build some stuff that is more sophisticated than slapping a few boards together. Right now I'm building a hutch for our printer, the goal is to practice building square boxes and drawers that work.
In building, I've found that my current system (cheap Ryobi circular saw + clamps + long pieces of wood + obsessive measuring and remeasuring) is kind of...slow. I'm not to the point where I'm ready to invest in a table saw, but I have been looking at track saws.
The YouTube woodworking bros all use the Festool or Kreg, but I've been reading reviews and the Makita is consistently popping to the top. I work in tech, so I know how content marketing works -- I expect Festool aand Kreg are sending tons of free saws out, and Makita is paying people to write "Top 10 Track Saws in 2022" articles Are the Makita saws legit? I expect that I'll keep using a track saw for a long time, even if there is a table saw in my workshop's future.
Do yall have any advice here? Or will I be disappointed? A track saw looks like a circular saw + a straight edge, but significantly faster to set up and repeat cuts.
Thanks yall!
I'm getting into woodworking and starting to build some stuff that is more sophisticated than slapping a few boards together. Right now I'm building a hutch for our printer, the goal is to practice building square boxes and drawers that work.
In building, I've found that my current system (cheap Ryobi circular saw + clamps + long pieces of wood + obsessive measuring and remeasuring) is kind of...slow. I'm not to the point where I'm ready to invest in a table saw, but I have been looking at track saws.
The YouTube woodworking bros all use the Festool or Kreg, but I've been reading reviews and the Makita is consistently popping to the top. I work in tech, so I know how content marketing works -- I expect Festool aand Kreg are sending tons of free saws out, and Makita is paying people to write "Top 10 Track Saws in 2022" articles Are the Makita saws legit? I expect that I'll keep using a track saw for a long time, even if there is a table saw in my workshop's future.
Do yall have any advice here? Or will I be disappointed? A track saw looks like a circular saw + a straight edge, but significantly faster to set up and repeat cuts.
Thanks yall!